Col. Creager and Negro Enlistments
Summary
Col. Creager enlisted upwards of fifty African Americans, including several slaves, at the African American Bethel Church and Ashbury Chapel’s graveyard in Frederick; one slaveholder, Ephraim Creager, complained of his duress to the Justice Wm. Mahoney who then charged Col. Creager with “enticing slaves away from their owners, contrary to the laws of the State.”
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: August 19th, 1863
Page/Column: 2C
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Battles / Military
- Slavery / Emancipation
- African Americans
